ANGELES CITY — Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin, Jr. will lead on March 5 the blessing and inauguration of the Phase 3 of the public cemetery in Barangay Capaya as the city government’s commitment to enhancing public services and ensuring better facilities for its residents.
The Phase 3 expansion comprises 1,152 full body adult niche slots, 960 bone niches, and 288 baby niches. With this, the public cemetery has a total capacity of 12,518, broken down to 7,192 full-body niches (6,380 for adults and 812 for children), 3,726 bone niches, and 1,600 columbarium slots. Each columbarium slot can hold two to three urns, depending on their size. All these undertaken during the Lazatin administration.
“The Phase 3 expansion of the public cemetery is an investment in the future, sinisigurado po natin na tuluy-tuloy ang pagbibigay natin ng serbisyo publiko,” Lazatin noted.
The Phase 1 expansion of the cemetery opened on Sept. 5, 2024 with additional 2,748 niches. Phase 2, inaugurated only last January covered and an area of 11,510 square meters, with an additional 800 columbarium slots and 2,400 bone niches, with future expansion plans for 3,360 additional bone niches. Angeles CIO
